Can't take away the fact our team played hard and will continue to do so however, it would be nice to keep your crowd in the game and keep the Jack jacked. Not last night. It started with our weather announcement stating "All Bears fans should take cover" Bears? we played the Wildcats! Then there were numerous opportunities to play some music and keep the place rocking. Oh no, we had to sell winter sports season ticket packages over and over again and pay some bills with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Case, and etc. Way too many advertisements. Next up, our band plays YMCA but spells YMDA or maybe it was YMOA it was a 50-50 split in our section. The band was off the field with 9:30 left and what do we do....pay the bills again with more advertising. And last but not least, No Juicy Wiggle???..that is a guaranteed crowd pleaser and something that energizes the whole stadium! On a positive note, the wave was pretty cool.
Atmosphere...PA announcer...no Juicy Wiggle
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Probably smart to sell people on the winter sports. Basketball season can't get here soon enough.
No Juicy Wiggle, no Swag Surfin at all this year that the team previously loved.
Our A/V has been awful all year. We hear more Wellmark and HyVee ad scripts from our PA announcer than we do hyped game moments. Extremely boring and poorly timed music selections, too... Nothing keeps the crowd engaged.
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I'm somewhat of the mindset that if you're going to have a tradition tied to something like scoring or winning, you actually have to score or win or you dilute the tradition.
But then I'm old enough to remember when Sweet Caroline was played after the third quarter if the game was competitive (what a low bar for a "tradition") and it turned into a curse because we'd end up losing every game they played it.
But then I'm old enough to remember when Sweet Caroline was played after the third quarter if the game was competitive (what a low bar for a "tradition") and it turned into a curse because we'd end up losing every game they played it.
Offense is what gets a crowd going. Not scoring very well doesn’t help.
Even when we do have decent moments, we still can't stay engaged.
Tom Petty is only marginally better in that regard, unfortunately for us.
Was commenting to the guy next to me about the YMOA logo the band made. We were both scratching our heads what letter it was. We just sang Y-M-O-A!
The environment was a significant step up last night. The wrong weather announcement was bad but other than that thought it was actually a productive environment. You didn’t have things conflicting yesterday which has been a problem. Juicy Wiggle is at the first second half touchdown. As you might have noticed the team didn’t do their part for that. I thought they actually did a much better job of letting the crowd organically build instead of trying to force it and kill the crowd.
Fans are stupid regarding some of these songs. I like anything that gets the crowd going..... as should everyone else.
Do I ever listen to Juicy Wiggle or Sweet Caroline in my free time at home or in the car? No. But if they get the crowd all jacked up.... then I love them! We should ALWAYS play Juicy Wiggle between the 3rd and 4th qtrs IMO.
Do I ever listen to Juicy Wiggle or Sweet Caroline in my free time at home or in the car? No. But if they get the crowd all jacked up.... then I love them! We should ALWAYS play Juicy Wiggle between the 3rd and 4th qtrs IMO.
I feel the A/V was not what it could have been last night and was an absolute flop. At the end of the 3rd quarter I felt the crowd and team needed an energy boost. I know they have played Juicy Wiggle between the 3rd and 4th quarters before without the TD. To me, that would be a perfect spot for it moving forward!
Play it between 3rd and 4th quarter, like it used to be played. Get the fans off their butts and rock the stadium.They play Juicy Wiggle during the first TD of the 2nd half. Probably need to re-think the timing on thatMaybe it should be the first first down of the second half!
You'll remember in the Iowa game last year, they played it after that late meaningless TD.
IMO, one of the biggest things hurting crowd energy is all the media timeouts. It’s hard to stay hyped after a big defensive play when it’s a 3 minute media timeout with the stupid in game ad reads
They should have played it when we took the lead, instead of Jump Around. Same with swag surfing, give the crowd something to do during those long TV timeouts.They play Juicy Wiggle during the first TD of the 2nd half. Probably need to re-think the timing on that
You'll remember in the Iowa game last year, they played it after that late meaningless TD.
So we’re Wisconsin now? That must be something fairly new.
I thought this thread offered a reasonable opinion on our environment from a K State fan.
